Before Orientalism: Asian Peoples and Cultures in European Travel Writing, 1245-1510 by Kim M. Phillips

Before Orientalism: Asian Peoples and Cultures in European Travel Writing, 1245-1510

Kim M. Phillips

314 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced
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A distinct European perspective on Asia emerged in the late Middle Ages. Early reports of a homogeneous "India" of marvels and monsters gave way to accounts written by medieval travelers that indulged readers' curiosity about far-flung landscapes ...

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